Local councillor Timothy Huxtable, from Hall Green South, raised the picture with the city's Labour leader Ian Ward during council question time.

He said: "Would you instruct council drivers and contractors, not to park on grass verges?"

Leader of Birmingham City Council, Cllr Ian Ward, replied: "We place great importance on grass verges in this city. I can't explain why the contractors parked on that grass verge while putting up the sign and the irony of that fact is not lost on me."

He added: "There is no excuse for council contractors, or anyone else for that matter, to park on grass verges."